Learn to Row with the VBC
INTERESTED IN THE VBC 'LEARN TO ROW' PROGRAM in 2008?
CLASS SESSIONS (DATES/TIMES) WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER IN
THE SPRING - STAY TUNED!
SWEEP ROWING CLASSES SPRING & SUMMER 2008
PLEASE REQUEST
TO HAVE YOUR NAME PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST BY EMAILING
STEVE.
YOU WILL BE CONTACTED IN EARLY SPRING '08.
Sweep Session I/Class 1
- TBA
Sweep Session I/Class 2 - TBA
Sweep Session II/Class 3 - TBA
Interested in learning to sweep row? The group learn to
sweep row program will be offered twice this
year (spring & summer) - as a 90 minute class three times a
week (in the evenings) for four week sessions (the schedule may change slightly
due to work demands of the Sweep Rowing Coach). Students will learn proper blade technique, body position,
and teamwork to enable them to enjoy the thrill of the power and speed of all
eight rowing together. This will teach team sweep rowing in a
four or eight person
shell and prepare the student for team or group rowing. The group sweep course
will culminate in the students racing as novices in an 8+ or 4+ person shell in
a USRA-sanctioned regatta in
Richmond, Norfolk, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, or other venues.
The VBC is a master's rowing club, primarily for rowers age 26 and
over, although, we do accept members as young as 18.
Youth rowing for high school age athletes is currently offered by James River
High School, Trinity High School, and the North Moreland Rowing Association.
Graduates from the sweep program will be eligible to join the VBC and row as a VBC 8+ or 4+. Depending upon demand, our course teacher(s) will be available to continue to coach VBC sweep boats on a for fee basis and take the boats to races throughout the summer.
Lessons will be taught by our current VBC
Sweep coach at the main (downtown) VBC boathouse. Tuition for each
course is $200.00. Graduates of the course who join the VBC are entitled to a
waiver of the VBC $50 initiation fee.
For more information on the Summer Learn
to Row Program, please contact VBC Vice President,
Steve.
Interested in learning to be a coxswain? Please also contact VBC VP, Steve to learn more.
SCULLING CLASSES SPRING, SUMMER & FALL 2008
PLEASE REQUEST
TO HAVE YOUR NAME PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST BY EMAILING
STEVE. YOU WILL BE CONTACTED
IN EARLY SPRING '08. THE MORE FLEXIBLE YOUR SCHEDULE, THE SOONER YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO SCHEDULE LESSONS.
Interested in
learning to Scull?
The VBC will have sculling coaches available this spring and summer (and
hopefully some availability for lessons in the early Fall). The five (5) lessons
will be held on a 1 to 1 ration for 90 minute increments. Depending on your
schedule and geographic location, and our coaching staff's schedule, you may learn to scull from our downtown
boathouse location or our Robious Landing boathouse. You will learn proper blade
technique, body position, river awareness and safety and boat care. Tuition for
the course is $200 and graduates of the course are eligible to
join the VBC.
For more information on the Summer Learn to Row Program
and to get on the waiting list, please email
VBC Vice President,
Steve.
The VBC is a master's rowing club, primarily for rowers age 26 and
over, although, we do accept members as young as 18.
Youth rowing for high school age athletes is currently offered by James River
High School, Trinity High School, and the North Moreland Rowing Association.
1st An
SWEEP:
Four VBC women's sweep rowers (in black) jumped into a boat with a Hampton
Roads Rowing Club boat
SCULLING: A typical summer afternoon at the downtown boathouse